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Auction archive: Lot number 0742

Islamic Indo-Persian Iron Helmet with Gilt Calligraphy

Antiquities
3 Sep 2014
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$2,446 - US$3,261
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 0742

Islamic Indo-Persian Iron Helmet with Gilt Calligraphy

Antiquities
3 Sep 2014
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$2,446 - US$3,261
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

ISLAMIC INDO-PERSIAN IRON HELMET WITH GILT CALLIGRAPHY 17th century AD A good quality hemispherical cap with rosette and tall square-section spike, adjustable nasal, two plume-holders and mail aventail to the rim; the nasal with lobed ends, curved bar within a rectangular bracket; the later spike with textured surface, balustered with tapering upper end; band of gilt calligraphy above the rim and two arabesque panels to the sides; the mail dagged, formed with 6mm butted links in a four-in-one configuration. 1 kg, 63cm overall (24 3/4"). Fine condition, some links absent, the spike later. Provenance Ex Dalloul collection; acquired in the 1960s.

Auction archive: Lot number 0742
Auction:
Datum:
3 Sep 2014
Auction house:
Timeline Auctions
23-24 Berkeley Square
London, W1J 6HE
United Kingdom
enquiries@timelineauctions.com
+44 (0)20 71291494
+44 (0)1277 814122
Beschreibung:

ISLAMIC INDO-PERSIAN IRON HELMET WITH GILT CALLIGRAPHY 17th century AD A good quality hemispherical cap with rosette and tall square-section spike, adjustable nasal, two plume-holders and mail aventail to the rim; the nasal with lobed ends, curved bar within a rectangular bracket; the later spike with textured surface, balustered with tapering upper end; band of gilt calligraphy above the rim and two arabesque panels to the sides; the mail dagged, formed with 6mm butted links in a four-in-one configuration. 1 kg, 63cm overall (24 3/4"). Fine condition, some links absent, the spike later. Provenance Ex Dalloul collection; acquired in the 1960s.

Auction archive: Lot number 0742
Auction:
Datum:
3 Sep 2014
Auction house:
Timeline Auctions
23-24 Berkeley Square
London, W1J 6HE
United Kingdom
enquiries@timelineauctions.com
+44 (0)20 71291494
+44 (0)1277 814122
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